PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Feely, John TI - The many faces of idiopathic oedema of women AID - 10.1136/pgmj.58.678.229 DP - 1982 Apr 01 TA - Postgraduate Medical Journal PG - 229--232 VI - 58 IP - 678 4099 - http://pmj.bmj.com/content/58/678/229.short 4100 - http://pmj.bmj.com/content/58/678/229.full SO - Postgrad Med J1982 Apr 01; 58 AB - The variable presentation and paucity of physical signs in idiopathic oedema may commonly delay diagnosis. The resultant unnecessary investigations and hazardous treatment are described for six patients. The management of these patients is discussed in the light of the current controversy concerning the role of diuretics in the pathophysiology of this condition.